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The Veiled Lady - S2-E2

Continuity mistake: Sitting on the park bench, Japp narrates the jewelry heist to Poirot. The passersby during the scene change in the various angles, and the most evident demonstration is offered by the fella that starts his walk exactly when Japp sits down. Grey pants, a sleeveless vest and hat, he walks all the way to the path in the background and exits stage right. But he's walking behind Japp when he says "The stones in his pocket were not the real stones." (00:03:00 - 00:03:45)

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9th Oct 2019

Baby's Day Out (1994)

Continuity mistake: Look behind Norby when he pries open the bus doors; a woman with a teal pantsuit is not exactly inconspicuous as she strolls along the sidewalk. A few cuts after (when he says "A little guy, about two feet tall") the same extra is recycled, walking in the exact same direction. (00:31:50)

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9th Oct 2019

Baby's Day Out (1994)

Continuity mistake: When the mother and the nanny are rushing back to the room where the phony photographers were, the housekeeper is doing some cleaning in a part of the hall to the side of the door. The butler opens the double doors, and she is suddenly already in view, trailing behind the trio. (00:14:30)

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9th Oct 2019

Baby's Day Out (1994)

Continuity mistake: In the close-up of the three idiot kidnappers getting their feet crushed by a passing van as they stand in the middle of the street, their order in the line is wrong. The leftmost person is wearing boots, so it's supposed to be Veeko, who is in the center in the other shots. (00:44:10)

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The Adventure of the Cheap Flat - S2-E7

Continuity mistake: In the first scene with the 'G-Man', the room in the shots with the camera roughly by his shoulder is lit in a different way, with his body fully in the 'sun'. Especially visible when he picks up the phone and starts spouting yankee-isms going all "Yeah yeah so what yeah." (00:09:00)

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Continuity mistake: Batwoman has an extended battle with a dude on top of the semi. In the last phase of the battle (when he charges at her after nearly having been knocked out and is by his buddy in the mirror), there's no trace of the debris and torn tarp, nor of the gun. (00:03:10)

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9th Oct 2019

Shaft in Africa (1973)

Continuity mistake: Shaft's new four legged companion is standing in the middle of the dirt road; in his close-ups we see him cast a shadow in the direction the car comes from, but in the long shots of the road the shadows traverse it side to side (and look at the shadow cast by the bush). (00:42:30)

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The Knock Out Cop mistake picture

Continuity mistake: Talking with his new and still wet behind the ears boss, Rizzo advises him against trying to blitz the one-handed delinquent. He is making a gesture with his right hand, but at the cut here he is moving his left hand instead, with the arm that suddenly is on the table. (00:27:15)

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The Disappearance of Mr. Davenheim - S2-E5

Continuity mistake: The race is presented through actual footage of the era, with a cameraman from Pathe shown, saying that Lowen's car is number 3. But the car shown in the stock footage is different from the one Lowen is driving, which does not even have the number in the same position. (00:33:10 - 00:33:45)

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Continuity mistake: Lawton and his designated victim are looking at the cops fishing out of the corpse. From the aerial view we see Horton and Wright passing by in a gondola. Between two shots Richard Griffiths says "Absolutely...beautiful." There's a jump in continuity: Patsy Kensit's arm position changes, and the corpse that was just being pulled aboard now lies on the deck. (00:30:35)

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Continuity mistake: Zeke is in the kitchen with his daughter. He is checking out Dick's driving license; in the close-up he is holding it with his left hand, but in the following shot, as she asks him "Where'd you find it?" he is holding it in his right hand. (00:10:15)

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Continuity mistake: Victor Pivert is in full road rage mode as he is waiting at a road stop after skipping most of the line speeding through the emergency lane. As he bickers with his French compatriot, he hammers his horn initially with the right hand, then after a pause he starts hitting it with his left hand in a side view, which turns instantly into his right hand at the cut. (00:08:30)

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9th Oct 2019

Exit to Hell (2013)

Continuity mistake: After the fake movie intro, the two guys drive to a secluded place where their drop is supposed to happen. "Cheno", the one in the driver seat, has the right hand down his side and the left hand on the right side of the steering wheel in a pretty unique position. But in the reverse shot, it's his right hand on the wheel. (00:03:00)

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9th Oct 2019

Wake Up and Die (2011)

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Continuity mistake: At the end of the movie, the bloody handprint on the car changes entirely the second time it is shown. (02:02:45)

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9th Oct 2019

Emmanuelle II (1975)

9th Oct 2019

Merrily We Live (1938)

Continuity mistake: Mr. Kilbourne sits at the breakfast table and asks for his newspaper; during the scene the tea strainer to his right is facing upwards in the wider shots, and pointed with the opening down on the table in the close-ups. (00:04:30)

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Continuity mistake: After Wesley has intimidated the snot bully, he comes back home and finds the police. Sitting at the table, his mom holds his arm and says "Wesley, Mr. Chambers asked you a question." Mary Elizabeth Winstead has her right arm on the table, close to her body. Change of angle and she is holding the coffee mug instead. (00:45:10)

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Continuity mistake: Batman deals with one of the jewelry robbers pulling him out of the car. Robin uses the bat-rope to grab the one that is running away; when he's running, just before he's caught by the rope he passes by a manhole to his right. When Robin's gun drags him throughout street, the manhole is on his left. (00:10:15)

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9th Oct 2019

Batman: Hush (2019)

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Continuity mistake: Bruce and Selina sneak away from the party while Bruce's neglected childhood friend fetches the drink. The bottles on the shelves behind the counter change between shots when he goes "Seriously? Both of them?" It's like a portion of the leftmost shelf has been sliced off for the close-up. (00:05:00)

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9th Oct 2019

By the Sea (2015)

Continuity mistake: The first time we see Roland on his own at the bar, he's talking with the bartender, Michel. When he asks Roland in French where his wife is, Niels Arestrup's arm changes position instantaneously in an edit mid-sentence, and does the same a couple more times after. (00:11:30)

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